Kevin Hiatt
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Acoustic Wall Of Sound
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Creating a wall of sound by slapping, tapping, and plucking on his lushly amplified acoustic guitars, Indianašs Kevin Hiatt has recently released his second CD, entitled Strange Ships On A Blue Horizon. Following in the large footsteps of heroes Michael Hedges and Leo Kottke, Hiatt aims to blow apart conceptions about what fingerstyle music is about, and his instrumentals certainly achieve this lofty goal (the album has a few vocal tracks). Hiatt is an astonishing player, pulling incredible sounds and rich textures out of nowhere to create a wonderful aural experience. He also uses techniques such as two-handed playing and banjo style flailing to up the energy level and keep listener attention at a high level. Hope to hear more instrumentals coming from this talented guitarist in the future.
Kevin born in 1956, grew up in Kansas City, attended the Conservatory of Music and later earned a doctorate in Music Composition from the University of Miami. He has written over 80 works of music including chamber music, electronic music and orchestral pieces. His compositions have been performed in the United States and in Europe. In 1996, Kevin returned to playing steel string guitar. He performs on six-, seven-, and twelve-string guitars employing a variety of altered tunings and unconventional playing techniques. He has composed a large and eclectic body of music for the six-, seven-, and twelve-string guitars.
Hiatt is currently planning to relocate to San Francisco, where he will no doubt be bringing his music to a live audience in support of his latest CD, along with his first album, "Another Look At The Sunrise".
Contact Information
Kevin Hiatt
8415 Lakeside Dr., Apt. 2B
Fort Wayne, IN 46816
United States
E-mail:
Kevin Hiatt
Web site:
www.kevinhiattmusic.com
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Adam Moore
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Ready To Blaze
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From the British Isles comes guitarist Adam Moore, with his mostly instrumental CD Curious Liquid, featuring heavy riffs, hard rock melodies and flashy solos influenced by Jeff Beck, Joe Satriani, Robert Fripp and Steve Vai. Moore set up his own label, Evesound to release this true one-man-band album, doing all the performing, arranging, production and engineering himself. Aside from the blazing rock, he's not above throwing in some esoterica, such as the spoken word piece "Rope Trick", the swirling chord-clouds in "Eve And After", or his freely improvised acoustic tune "Rare Shimmer". "The Lotus Heart" has a thoroughly modern sound, in the Vai tradition, treating the guitar fan to some wildly exotic licks. Moore has certainly laid a good foundation here for a career in instrumental music.
Born in England in 1980, Adam has been playing guitar and making music since he was eleven years old. His first proper instrument was a white Martin acoustic guitar that he still plays today. Adam began taking lessons from local guitar players and was lucky enough to find some excellent teachers. The first song he ever learned to play was "Orange Crush" by R.E.M. during the summer of 1991. After learning many songs and lots of chords and scales, he then focused on turning that knowledge into the kind of songs that turn heads, cause the foot to tap, and possibly induce a tear to fall. Interestingly, an early version of "Mirrors" (from his latest sessions), reached the semi-finals of the UK Songwriting Contest in August, 2005.
Moore is currently working on a second release which, while retaining its focus on guitar playing, puts a greater emphasis on songwriting, introduces vocals (huh?) and incorporates influences such as Pink Floyd, Richard Thompson, Joni Mitchell, Tom Petty and Mark Knopfler. Look for it on the Evesound label sometime in late 2005.
Contact Information
Adam Moore
50 Broom Avenue
Thorpe St. Andrew
Norwich
Norfolk NR7 0BA
United Kingdom
E-mail:
Adam Moore
Web site:
www.evesound.com
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